Method for recording data on a recording medium and for deleting a silent portion of the recorded data

Abstract

A method and apparatus for recording control for a recording medium having a data recording region for recording data such as audio data, speech data, and a control data region for recording control data for the data recording region. The method and apparatus includes identifying a non-silent recorded portion and a silent recorded portion of the data recorded in the data recording region based upon the signal level of the data recorded in the data recording region, and recording control data for separating the data recorded in the data recording region into temporally former and temporally latter portions at a boundary portion between the non-silent recorded portion and the silent recorded portion based upon the results of the identification after recording of the data in the data recording region has ended.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A method for recording input data in a data recording operation on a recording medium having a data recording region for recording the input data and a control data region for recording control data for said data recording region, said method comprising: 
       identifying a non-silent recorded portion and a silent recorded portion of the input data recorded in the data recording region;  
       measuring a time during which the signal level of the input data recorded in said data recording region is below a pre-set level;  
       discontinuing the data recording operation when the measured time exceeds a pre-set time duration;  
       after the data recording operation has been discontinued, recording control data in said control data region so as to separate the input data recorded in the data recording region into temporally former and temporally latter portions at a boundary portion beginning between the non-silent recorded portion and the silent recorded portion; and  
       writing additional data over the input data that was recorded into the temporally latter portion after the boundary portion, so that the input data that was recorded into the temporally latter portion after the boundary portion is effectively deleted.  
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
       the boundary portion ends when a second pre-set time duration has elapsed since a point of transition from said non-silent recorded portion to said silent recorded portion.  
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 2 , further comprising: 
       storing address data on the recording medium corresponding to said point of transition, so as to separate the input data recorded in the data recording region into said temporally former and temporally latter portions based on the stored address data.